U. S. Navy Minced Beef Gravy on Toast
photo by Glutton
- Ready In:
- 30mins
- Ingredients:
- 10
- Serves:
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10
ingredients
- 1 1⁄2 lbs ground beef
- 2 medium onions, chopped
- cooking oil, if needed
- salt and pepper
- 5 tablespoons flour, approximate
- 1 (16 ounce) can whole tomatoes, diced
- 5 1⁄2 ounces tomato juice
- 2 cups hot water, approximate
- 1⁄2 teaspoon ground nutmeg, to taste
- 1⁄2 teaspoon sugar, to taste
directions
- Crumble the ground beef into a skillet and brown with the onions.
- If beef is very lean, add a tablespoon or two of cooking oil.
- Salt and pepper to taste.
- Add flour, one tablespoon at a time, stirring and cooking each spoonful, before adding the next.
- The flour must be cooked to preclude a starchy taste through out.
- Add enough flour to absorb most of the oil.
- Stir in the tomatoes and the tomato juice, followed by the water.
- Allow to simmer on low heat to thicken.
- Adjust consistency as necessary.
- Add nutmeg and sugar and adjust to taste.
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Reviews
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I can't wait to try this! I'm a Navy brat and ate this ALL the time as a kid. My dad always made it based off of what the cooks on his ship told him and never wrote down the recipe. Sometime after he passed away I started trying to find a recipe for his famous S.O.S. This looks really close except he never used sugar or nutmeg in his from what I remember.
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The Original USN recipe did not use Tomato Juice. I must have been lucky, because we had Chipped Beef up to the time I retired in 1987. We used to make this regularly until eating gluten became a problem. I had some Gluten Free Batter/Coating Mix I ordered from Two Rivers Bakery that I used instead of flour, and it was better then I remembered. Going back on the Breakfast Menu served over potatoes
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Mercy
Longwood, FL
Greetings everyone!
My name is Mary and I am a native Floridian. I live in Central Florida with my wonderful husband of 13+ years.
I enjoy cooking simple dishes with simple ingredients.